Factors Influencing Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

慢性阻塞性肺部疾病病人生活品質之影響因素

王桂芸(Kwua-Yun Wang) ； 周文欽(Wen-Ching Chou) ； 高啟雯(Chi-Wen Kao)

《Journal of Medical Sciences》 18卷6期 (1998/06) Pp. 400-410

摘要

本研究目的在探討慢性阻塞性肺部疾病病人性活品質之影響因素，共包含94位門診病人，使用“Rand健康檔案短表－36”測量生活品質，所得資料以變異數分析之。結果顯示疾病嚴重度（肺功能及活動程度）、年齡、婚姻狀況、及教育程度對生活品質有顯著影響，而宗教信仰及過去吸煙史對生活品質沒有顯著影響。綜言之，本研究結果顯示生活品質最受肺功能及年齡的影響，生活品質中只有身體功能狀態受疾病嚴重度、年齡、婚姻狀態、及教育程度的影響。

關鍵字

影響因素 ； 生活品質 ； 慢性阻塞性肺部疾病

並列摘要

The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing the quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The sample consisted of 94 outpatients. One questionnaire entitled ”RAND 36-item Health Survey” was used to measure the quality of life in this study. Data were analyzed by suing analysis of variance. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences in quality of life in terms of disease severity, as indicated by pulmonary function and activity level, age, marital status, and education. Religion and smoking history did not have effects on the quality of life. In conclusion of the results revealed that the qualities of life were most affected by pulmonary function and age. The physical functioning of quality of life was affected by disease severity, age, marital status, and education.

並列關鍵字

influential factors ； quality of life ； chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)